Thirty-one Days of Halloweenie Day 30: Ainslie Paton is Wholly Unsuitable

It’s true I find Halloween nothing but awesome, and that I need Halloween as a buffer between the end of the Australian summer and onslaught of Santy Claus.

Ainslie Paton finds Halloween simply unsuitable to her Aussie beach side suburb. Which proves a tricky segue to the fact she’s got a new book out calledUnsuitable.

There isn’t a single mention of Halloween in Unsuitable, or any Ainslie Paton books. They are however all treats.

The scene:

A knock at the door. I answer.

A small Batman and a sparkly fairy stand there.

Me: Ah, helloThem: Trick or treat?Me: Oh.The fairy: You have to give us lollies or fruitBatman: Or a toy maybeMe: Um. Well. I don’t have any lollies in the house and I haven’t been shopping, so I don’t have any fruit eitherBatman: But you have toys?Me: Um. Not. No. No. I’m sorry. So this is a trick on me then, that’s okay, yes?The Fairy: That’s not how it works. No one gets it.Batman: This sucks.

They leave. Very disappointed.

Unsuitable is about a male nanny, which is kind of like Batman and the sparkly fairy all rolled into one. Find Unsuitable and more of Ainslie’s books here